What Would You Make?

Here's the scenario: You are at home and hungry for food. You have to cook up something scrumptious for you and your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/child/friend, but the ingredients you have on hand are limited.

You have canned pumpkin puree, garlic, and fresh parsley. Using these products, along with whatever you currently have on hand in your cupboard and refrigerator, what would you make?

To see what I would whip up, read more

I would start by chopping up a bunch of garlic and onion. I would add this to a heated sauté pan with olive oil and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.

Next I would add a cup of arborio rice and sauté for a few minutes more.

I would deglaze the pan with vermouth — I always have some since I am crazy about martinis — and simmer until the vermouth has burned off.

Meanwhile, I would heat a quart of chicken broth and add this to the sauté pan with the rice and veggies slowly to make a risotto.

When the risotto is almost ready, I will stir in a bunch of pumpkin puree, a little bit of chili powder, and the fresh parsley. If it hasn't expired, I'll add some cream and whatever cheese I have in my cheese drawer.

I would serve the pumpkin risotto with lots of freshly ground black pepper on top and a glass of red wine on the side.

I would sautee the garlic with some onion and add to some spaghetti sauce and make spaghetti.
I would put the can of pumpkin back in the cabinet because i am not a big fan of pumpkin and i would save it until next week and make a pie for thanksgiving!

I'd ditch the garlic and parsley to make pumpkin pie waffles!!
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They are the best and my hubby likes them whenever I make them (brunch or dinner on a lazy night).

I would make a ravioli filling!!!!!Saute the garlic in EVOO.Dump the puree and stir it to get it a little more runny in consistency.Bust out the wonton wrappers.Fill each wrapper with a tablespoon of the filling.Fold and seal with a wash around the edges from a beaten egg yolk. This helps glue the ravioli edges together.Boil in water for a few minutes. (Fresh "pasta" doesn't take long to cook.)Drain. And return to the pot. Add a pat of butter (about a tablespoon) to the pot.Add chopped parsley to the pot.Stir so that all the ravioli gets coated.Serve.

I would make a ravioli filling!!!!!
Saute the garlic in EVOO.
Dump the puree and stir it to get it a little more runny in consistency.
Bust out the wonton wrappers.
Fill each wrapper with a tablespoon of the filling.
Fold and seal with a wash around the edges from a beaten egg yolk. This helps glue the ravioli edges together.
Boil in water for a few minutes. (Fresh "pasta" doesn't take long to cook.)
Drain. And return to the pot.
Add a pat of butter (about a tablespoon) to the pot.
Add chopped parsley to the pot.
Stir so that all the ravioli gets coated.
Serve.

Pumkin burritoCut up onion and garlic and saute in olive oil. Add chopped zucchini and saute till tender.Warm up the the canned pumpkin, warm up canned black beans.Throw above ingredients in a Wheat Tortilla with lots of cut up tomatoes and parlsey.

Pumkin burrito
Cut up onion and garlic and saute in olive oil. Add chopped zucchini and saute till tender.
Warm up the the canned pumpkin, warm up canned black beans.
Throw above ingredients in a Wheat Tortilla with lots of cut up tomatoes and parlsey.